#include <cmath>
#include <cstdio>
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
using namespace std;


int main() {
    long n,m;
    cin>>n>>m;
    cout<<(min(n,m)-1)+min(n,m)*(max(m,n)-1)<<endl;
    
    /* Enter your code here. Read input from STDIN. Print output to STDOUT */   
    return 0;
}